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Question: How much do you think these watches are worth?
I saw a man on Twitter who says he owns over 50 watches made 1893-2005. He invited me to a website he has that shows some of them. I wrote down data on some of them. What are their values do you think?
1893 Patek Philippe gold pendant watch hand-wind hour and minute
1902 Vacheron Constantin gold engraved hunter case hand-wind hours, minutes, and seconds
1915 IWC silver snap open back hand-wind, hr, min & sec
1926 Patek Philippe gold hand-wind hr & min
1946 Longines platinum square watch hand-wind, hr, min & sec
1952 LeCoultre gold-filled hand-wind hr, min & sec
1953 LeCoultre gold self-wind hr, min, sec & power reserve
1953 Piaget sport hand-wind hr, min & sec
1956 Jaeger-LeCoultre steel hand-wind hr, min,sec & alarm
1970 Omega gold tonneau hand-wind hr & min
1970s Omega “Constellation” gold bracelet hr, min, sec, day & date
1970s Rolex “TurnOGraph” steel & gold bracelet, self-wind hr, min, sec, & date
1979 Piaget “Polo” gold bracelet hr & min
Tiffany “Classic” gold hand-wind hr, min & sec
Longines gold mesh bracelet 3 diamond dial hand-wind hr, min & sec
Cartier “Santos Dumont” gold hand-wind hr & min
Cartier “Tank LC” gold hand-wind hr & min
Vacheron Constantin “Historiques” gold hand-wind hr & min
Chopard “Happy Fish” gold many diamonds move over dial
Cartier “Baignoire Alongee” gold & diamonds on case all around dial
Answer:
Answer by miyuki & kyojin
We have many Cartier catalogs but none recent, “Baignoire Alongee” have diamonds cost $ 38,000 10-12 years ago, other watches double prices, so I assume cost $ 75,000-$ 80,000 now
Cartier “Santos Dumont cost $ 12,300 at 2008
Cartier “Tank LC” cost $ 12,100 at 2007
Round Vacheron Consatantin have samme movement cost $ 12,500 now, square and elliptical versions cost more maybe $ 15,000-$ 20,000
Chopard “Happy” watches cost $ 10,650 few year ago, probably more now, have floating diamonds over dial between two crystals
Tiffany “Classic” cost $ 3750 at last catalogs we have, probably $ 7500 now
Piaget “Polo” cost $ 26,100 at 2006
Rolex “Datejust TirnOGraph cost $ 9450 now
Omega tonneau cost $ 2800-$ 3100 at 1998, probably $ 6350-$ 6700 now
New Jaeger-LeCoultre “Memovox ahve date cost $ 14,500 steel
New basic Patek Philippe watches cost $ 17,400-$ 23,600, old one of 1893 and 1926 probably sell much higher at auction
1952 LeCoultre “Beau Brummel” cost $ 750 at website few years ago, maybe $ 1000-$ 1200 now
Question: Please explain to me these simple phrases (English is my second language)?
I’ve just started watching “How an Economy grows and Why it doesn’t” on Youtube.
Here are some phrases in the movie that I can not understand, please give me some easy to understand explanations:
1) “Fishing by hand is no bucket of bass”. What is “bucket of bass”?
2) “This is survival, and that’s about all”. What is “that’s about all”
3) “The next day B and C make much sport of A’s invention”. What is “make much sport of”?
4) “A is nobody’s fool”. What is “nobody’s fool”?
5) What does this phrase mean: “Not everybody is cut out for self-deprivation”?
6) “I might want to eat them if I’m ever sick or something happens”. What is ” If I’m ever sick”
7) “man, what a pig-out”. What is “what a pig-out”? 
Why they use “2 fish” instead of “2 fishes”
Thank you very much!
Answer:
Answer by lilmegsx1
I’m English and I’m sorry but I can only help you with a few of the numbers.
4) By nobody’s fool I believe they mean “A” doesn’t do what anyone one wants and nobody controls him.
5) Not everybody can stand to deprive (go without) themselves of something.
7) To “pig out” is a phrase used to describe eating a lot of food sometimes very messily.
I don’t know why we do this, it’s just an unusual grammar rule we use for example we say 2 sheep instead of 2 sheeps.
I really hope I helped 
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Question: Here’s your sign!! .lol. These never get old!?
Stupid people should have to wear signs
that just say,
“I’m Stupid”
That way you wouldn’t rely on them, would you? You wouldn’t ask them
anything.
It would be like,
“Excuse me…oops…never mind,
didn’t see your sign.”
It’s like before my wife and I moved.
Our house was full of boxes and there was a U-Haul truck in our
driveway.
My neighbor comes over and says,
“Hey, you moving?” “Nope.
We just pack our stuff up once or twice
a week to see how many boxes it takes.
Here’s your sign.”
A couple of months ago I went fishing with a buddy of mine, we pulled
his boat into the dock, I lifted up this big ol’ stringer of bass and
this idiot on the dock goes,
“Hey, y’all catch all them fish?” “Nope.
Talked ‘em into giving up.
Here’s your sign.”
I was watching one of those animal shows on the Discovery Channel. There
was a guy inventing a shark bite suit.
And there’s only one way to test it.
“Alright, Jimmy, you got that shark suit on, it looks good…They want
you to jump into this pool of sharks, and you tell us if it hurts when
they bite you.”
“Well, all right, but hold my sign.
I don’t wanna lose it.”
Last time I had a flat tire,
I pulled my truck into one of those
side-of-the-road gas stations.
The attendant walks out, looks at my truck, looks at me, and I SWEAR he
said,
“Tire go flat?” I couldn’t resist.
I said, “Nope. I was driving around and
those other three just swelled right up on me. Here’s your sign.”
We were trying to sell our car about a year ago. A guy came over to the
house and drove the car around for about 45 minutes.
We get back to the house,
he gets out of the car,
reaches down and grabs the exhaust pipe, then says, “Darn that’s hot!”
See, if he’d been wearing his sign,
I could have stopped him.
I learned to drive an 18-wheeler in my days of adventure. Wouldn’t you
know, I misjudged the height of a bridge. The truck got stuck and I
couldn’t get it out, no matter how I tried. I radioed in for help and
eventually a local cop shows up to take the report. He went through his
basic questioning … okay…no problem. I thought for sure he was clear
of needing a sign… until he asked,
“So, is your truck stuck?”
I couldn’t help myself! I looked at him, looked back at the rig and then
back to him and said, “No, I’m delivering a bridge…
here’s your sign.”
I stayed late at work one night
and a co-worker looked at me and said,
“Are you still here?”
I replied, “No. I left about 10 minutes ago. Here’s your sign.”
Know anybody who needs a sign? LOL
LMFAO @ Max…….. damn right, here’s your sign!!
LMAO @ Aussie Mommy……. the only thing that was missing was the wonderful saying, here’s your sign!! I could imagine the look on that guys face when you said that to him.
Answer:
Answer by roro
LOL
Question: can anyone answer these questions about the old man and the sea?
can anyone answer these questions immediately?
1. Who is Santiago? Describe him.
2. Who is Manolin?
3. Identify Martin.
4. Why is the boy not fishing with the old man anymore? Does he want to?
5. What did the other fishermen think of the old man?
6. Describe Santiago’s house.
7. What’s the point behind the conversation about yellow rice with fish and the cast net?
8. Why is there so much talk about baseball, specifically DiMaggio?
9. “There are many good fishermen and some great ones. But there is only you.” What does the boy mean?
10. What is Hemingway’s point to having the old man say, “I may not be as strong as I think . . .
11. What did the old man dream about?
Reading Assignment #2
1. How did Santiago think of the sea? (To what does he compare it?)
2. “It is better to be lucky. But I would rather be exact. Then when luck comes, you are ready.”
Explain.
3. What fish did the old man catch first?
4. “If the other heard me talking out loud, they would think that I am crazy . . . But since I am not crazy, I do not care.” What does that tell us about the old man’s character?
5. What happened when the old man first tried to pull in the bill fish?
6. What does the old man think of porpoises and flying fish, and the pair of marlin he had hooked before?
7. Santiago often wishes the boy were there. Why?
8. “His choice had been to stay in the deep dark water far out beyond all snares and traps
. . . My choice was to go there to find him beyond all people . . . in the world.” Explain the importance of this passage.
9. Why did Santiago want the fish to turn and swim with the current?
10. Explain the significance of “Take a good rest, small bird . . . Then go in and take your chances like any man or bird or fish.”
11. What happened when the fish lurched?
12. What was Santiago’s problem with the left hand?
Old Man Short Answer Study Guide Questions Page 2
Reading Assignment #3
1. How big was the fish?
2. “But, thank God, they are not as intelligent as we who kill them, although they are more noble and more able.” What’s Hemingway saying?
3. “He settled comfortably against the wood and took his suffering as it came . . . ” is one of the many religious references in the novel. To whom is Santiago compared in this one?
4. Santiago feels he must “prove himself” to the fish and to the boy. “Now he was proving it again. Each time was a new time . . . . ” What is the implication in broader terms; do we EVER stop having to prove ourselves (according to Hemingway)?
5. Who was El Campeon? How did he get that name?
6. What second fish did the old man catch, and what will he do with it?
7. Santiago tries to justify killing the big fish by thinking of how many people he will feed.What does the old man conclude?
8. Santiago sleeps again. What does he dream of now?
9. What woke him up?
10. When did the fish start to circle?
11. How did the old man kill the big fish?
Reading Assignment #4
1. How did Santiago intend to take the fish back to port since the fish was bigger than the boat?
2. Santiago asks himself,” . . . is he bringing me in or am I bringing him in?” What does he conclude?
3. What problem did the old man have getting the fish home?
4. What are the old man’s arguments with himself about whether or not killing the big fish is a sin? (What arguments does he make for and against it being a sin?)
5. The old man apologizes to the big fish. (“I am sorry that I went too far out. I ruined us both.”) Why?
6. What of the big fish is left by the time Santiago reaches home?
7. With the mast on his shoulder, Santiago had to stop and rest five times on his way home.
What is the symbolic reference?
8. Identify Pedrico.
9. Why does Manolin cry?
10. What is the conclusion of the story?
i have read the book i just didnt understand it so i need help with these questions.
Answer:
Answer by Bee
uhhh?
read the book!?